The
Eighth Annual Rodeo Drive Annual Concours, June 19, 2005, in Beverly Hills, right in the middle of Rodeo Drive, the swankiest
street of shops in the world, was amusing.Below are some shots from a visit
there with our columnist Bob Patterson, whose on-the-scene report is here.

There was much more - old
Ferraris from ages ago, Cords, rare one-of-a-kind Bentleys, two old gull-wing Mercedes, a Minerva, a Cadillac V16 monster
from the thirties and so on and so forth.

Here are just a few shots
– and you will find the full fifty-seven shot collection in an album here.

NOTE:
If you use any of these photos for commercial purposes I assume you'll discuss that with me. There is a copyright
notice at the bottom of this page, of course.These were shot with a Nikon D70 – lens AF-5 Nikor 18-70mm 1:35-4.5G ED.They were modified for web posting using Adobe Photoshop 7.0

The Hispano-Suiza Stork - In 1919 the Hispano-Suiza
company decided to use a stork as its symbol, the emblem used by French ace Georges Guynemer, who flew an Hispano-Suiza-powered
Spad VIII.

A 1938 Peugeot Darl'Mat

1936 Stout-Scarab Rear Engine

1937 Cord Phaeton 812 Convertible

Jean Harlow's 1932 Packard
Sport Phaeton has authentic plates…

The 1933 Duesenberg Model J Tourster in "Envy Green" has
running boards – don't see those much these days.